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Ty Lawson, Wilson Chandler to return from injury for Nuggets at Dallas

By Bryan GutierrezSpecial to The Denver Post

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03/21/2014 11:37:54 AM MDT

Denver forward Wilson Chandler (Hyoung Chang, Denver Post file)

DALLAS — With the playoffs out of the picture, any kind of benchmark will be taken for the Nuggets. One is available in their game against the Dallas Mavericks.

Denver has a chance to get its second season series sweep of the season with a win here Friday night. Amongst Western Conference foes, the Nuggets already own a three-game season sweep over the Los Angeles Lakers, but a four-game season sweep over a playoff contender such as the Mavericks would trump that.

Things have certainly turned around for Denver. Since its six-game losing streak in February — its longest losing streak in the last 10 years — Denver has rattled off six wins over its last nine games.

Victories against the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Clippers are part of the recent improved stretch of play for the Nuggets.

"I've asked the guys to take some professional pride in finishing the season out strong and showing what kind of team we know we are, even though we're in a position we want to be in," coach Brian Shaw said. "The guys are doing a good job of doing that. They're playing with pride and competing every night."

The start of their nine-game swing of success started with a 115-110 win over Dallas on March 5. To this point, Denver has had Dallas' number.

"We respect Denver a lot," Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said in anticipation of the game. "We know the damage that they can do, we know our challenges and we got to work to overcome them."

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Shaw said that they will have Ty Lawson and Wilson Chandler back for the game against the Mavs. Lawson missed the team's last game due to a sinus infection. Chandler missed the last game due to a hip injection shot.

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